Protoform: QAWA [MP] Milkfish or Salmon Herring (Chanos chanos)
| Description: | Milkfish or Salmon Herring (Chanos chanos) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *qawaq "Chanos chanos, milkfish" (LPO IV:41). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arosi | S/awa/ | Mullet | (Fox) |
| East Futuna | ʔAva | Fish like mullet but bigger. "Poisson lait" (Chanos chanos) (Mfr). | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Ava | Chanos chanos | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Ava vai | Megalops cyprionoides (Tropical Tarpon) | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Yawa | Deep-bellied fish that jumps along surface of sea | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Awa | Milkfish (Chanos chanos) | (Pki) |
| Lau | ʔAkwa | A fish | (Fox) |
| Lau | Hakwa | Milkfish | (Ami) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ava | A fish (Chanos chanos) | (Sve) |
| Marquesas | Ava | Small silvery fish (I), small freshwater fish | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Aua | Herring, Yellow-eyed Mullet Problematic | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | ʔAva | Milkfish | (Dye) |
| Nukuoro | Ava | Fish sp. (=large tonu, = large hagaodaloo) | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Ava | Milkfish (Chanos chanos) | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Ava | A fish (Chanos chanos) | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | Ava | A variety of fish | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Ava | (Chanos chanos) | (Bse) |
| Rotuman | ʔAva | A kind of brownish fish Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Saʔa | S/awa/ | Freshwater mullet | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Ava | The name of a very scaly fish ; large fish (Chanos sp.) caught by torch light | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Ava | Fish called white salmon (Chanos chanos). Poisson de la famille des Chanidae (Chanos chanos), quand il est adulte (Lmt). | (Rdl) |
| Tahitian | Ava/ava | Sand goby (Eleotriodes strigata) | (Bgn) |
| Tokelau | Ava | Milkfish, Salmon Herring (Chanos chanos) | (Hpr) |
| Tongan | ʔAva | Fish sp | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ava | A fish resembling the mullet | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Ava | Fish sp. (also called patii) | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Ava/ava | Milkfish or Salmon Herring (Chanos chanos) | (Hpr) |
| Tuvalu | Ava | A fish (Chanos chanos) | (Bsr) |
| Waya | Awa | A bony, carnivorous fish about a metre long | (Ply) |
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